‘A random pattern of glass mosaic tiles adds a splash of color to the bathroom between the girl's bedroom and the shared playroom.’

‘This sprawling citadel, looming high above the Andalusian city, boasts a dazzling array of mosaics, with tiles arranged in beautiful, intricate patterns, and is a testament to the beauty of mathematics.’

verbmosaics, mosaicking, mosaicked

[with object]

1Decorate with a mosaic.

‘he mosaicked the walls, ceilings, and floors’

‘Apart from an amusing shower scene, the action is remarkably stark in setting, confined mainly to the mosaicked floor of a palazzo whose crumbling foundations, strewn with old bones, reveal past grim deeds.’

1.1Combine (distinct or disparate elements) to form a picture or pattern.

‘the digital data were combined, or mosaicked, to delineate counties’

‘To make a high-resolution image, we must mosaic many high-resolution images.’

‘Once the images are ordered they were georeferenced, then mosaicked together.’

adjective

Biology

Denoting an individual composed of cells of two genetically different types.

‘Three alleles were chosen for the generation of mosaic clones on the basis of availability of cytological, genetic, and molecular data, as follows.’

‘The development of mosaic flies clearly illustrates the cell autonomy of sex determination in the somatic cells of Drosophila.’

‘Two lines were unusual in that mutant males regularly produced mosaic progeny that had large patches of somatic tissue lacking the paternal fourth chromosome.’

‘In cases where PCR recombination was suspected to occur uniquely in a single clone, the mosaic clone was removed from consideration.’

‘The analysis of genetically mosaic worms, in which some cells carry a wild-type gene and others are homozygous mutant, can reveal where in the animal a gene acts to prevent the appearance of a mutant phenotype.’

‘Evolutionists do not regard mosaic creatures such as the platypus as evidence of transformation of one basic kind of creature into another.’

Pronunciation

mosaic

Main meanings of Mosaic in English

Mosaic2

adjective

Of or associated with Moses.

‘In the Old Testament, it was part of the Mosaic code that an Israelite could not be indicted and convicted based upon the testimony of one person.’

‘Of a critical turn of mind, he let drop a hint that there might be some doubt as to the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch; the hint was picked up six centuries later by Spinoza and led to modern Bible criticism.’

‘Then model your worship on the Mosaic tabernacle and priesthood.’

‘No matter what generation reads these words, they are commanded to claim the Mosaic history as their own and not merely to recall what their ancestors experienced long ago.’

‘The answer, as was suggested earlier, resides in an understanding of two pivotal covenants in the Old Testament, the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants.’

‘It pertains to the nature of the Mosaic covenant.’

‘Israel was seen as God's son in the Mosaic covenant.’

‘They believed that there was only one God and that only he should be worshipped by sacrifice or any other means - agreeing with the contents of the first table of the Mosaic commandments.’

‘The Sabbath was, I agree, a covenantal sign for the Mosaic covenant, and it certainly ceased as a 7th day covenant.’

‘But the orienting theme throughout the Mosaic canon is life and its blessings, the affirmation of personhood.’

‘King Solomon's alliances are seen here not as threats to the pristine Mosaic ethos but as props to the peace.’

‘It is not peripheral but central to Mosaic religious experience and thought.’

‘This might be a reason for the Mosaic laws against eating carnivores and shellfish.’

‘I still don't understand the clinging to the Mosaic laws that Christianity still fights tooth and nail to do.’

‘They were seen as traitors because they no longer kept the Mosaic ceremonies or submitted to earthly priests.’

‘Nevertheless, he argued strongly in defense of the Mosaic origin of this primary list of Ten Commandments.’

‘Burnet sought to reconcile a Cartesian-derived historical account of the origins of the Earth with the creation account of the Mosaic tradition.’

‘Conversely, there is the Mosaic prohibition against murder of any kind, coupled with the idea of the body and soul as God's property, and perception of suicide as motivated by despair.’

‘It is certainly not my intention to suggest that the Mosaic plan could be used as an exact blueprint in a society that has moved past the pastoral or agricultural stage.’